Saturday, July 17, 2010

Fresh Express, a Chiquita company, has recalled all Fresh Express Romaine-based salads (listed below) with Use-by Dates of July 8 - 12 and an "S" in the Product Code. The company points out that all of the recalled salads have passed their expiration dates and should already have disappeared from store shelves.

The recalled salads were distributed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, and Nevada. No illnesses have been linked to the recalled salads.

UPC Code

Product Description

Production Code

Use By Date Range

71279

10802

Double Carrots (12 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

10804

Green & Crisp (12 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

10808

Premium Romaine (9 oz)

S174, S175, S176

July 8-10, 2010

71279

10809

Lettuce Trio (9 oz)

S175, S176

July 9-10, 2010

71279

21100

Italian (10 oz)

S174, S175, S176

July 8-10, 2010

71279

23201

Fancy Greens (7 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

24100

American (12 oz)

S175, S176

July 11-12, 2010

71279

25101

5-Lettuce Mix (6 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

26102

Hearts of Romaine (10 oz)

S174, S175, S176

July 8-10, 2010

71279

26112

Leafy Green Romaine (9 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

26201

Hearts of Romaine (18 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

28100

Veggie Lovers (12 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

30100

Caesar Completes Kit (10 oz)

S175, S176

July 9-10, 2010

71279

30101

Caesar Lite Completes Kit (10 oz)

S175, S176

July 9-10, 2010

71279

30104

Caesar Supreme Completes Kit (10.8 oz)

S175, S176

July 9-10, 2010

71279

30105

BLT Caesar Completes Kit (10.5 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

30201

Asian Supreme Completes Kit (13.8 oz)

S175, S176

July 9-10, 2010

71279

30601

Salsa! Ensalada Supreme Completes Kit (14 oz)

S174, S175

July 8-9, 2010

71279

40701

Gourmet Cafe Chicken Caesar (7.8 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

40705

Gourmet Cafe Caribbean Chicken (8.6 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

40706

Gourmet Cafe Tuscan Chicken (7.8 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

71279

26100

Romaine Chopped (32 oz)

S175

July 9, 2010

As usual, the FDA recall notice provides no information on which retailers carried the Fresh Express salads. Following is a partial US retail distribution list (to be updated as more information becomes available):

The Fresh Express recall has triggered two separate Canadian recall notices so far. On July 14th – before news of the recall was even released in the United States – the Canadian Food Inspection Agency alerted Canadian consumers "... not to consume the Fresh Express brand Romaine-based Salads described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7." The recalled salads were known to be distributed in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, and may have been distributed nationally.

Product (Size)

UPC

Production Code

Best Before

Double Carrots (340g)

0 71279 10802 5

S175

July 10, 2010

Green & Crisp (340g)

0 71279 10804 9

S175

July 10, 2010

Premium Romaine (255g)

0 71279 10808 7

S175

July 10, 2010

Lettuce Trio (255g)

0 71279 10809 4

S175

July 10, 2010

Italian (283g)

0 71279 21100 8

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

Fancy Greens (198g)

0 71279 23201 0

S174, S175

July 9-10, 2010

American (340g)

0 71279 24100 5

S175, S176

July 11-12, 2010

5-Lettuce Mix (170g)

0 71279 25101 1

S175

July 9, 2010

Hearts of Romaine (283g)

0 71279 26102 7

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

Triple Hearts (226g)

0 71279 26111 9

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

Leafy Green Romaine (255g)

0 71279 26112 6

S175

July 10, 2010

Veggie Lover’s (340g)

0 71279 28100 1

S175

July 10, 2010

Caesar Complete Salad (212g+74mL)

0 71279 30100 6

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

CaesarLite Complete Salad (212g+74mL)

0 71279 30101 3

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

Caesar Supreme Complete Salad (226g+81mL)

0 71279 30104 4

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

B.L.T. Caesar Complete Salad (226g+74mL)

0 71279 30107 5

S175

July 10, 2010

Asian Supreme Complete Salad (325g+74mL)

0 71279 30201 0

S175, S176

July 10-11, 2010

Salsa! Ensalada Supreme Complete Salad (326g+74mL)

0 71279 30601 8

S175

July 10, 2010

Separately, Canada Safeway Limited has recalled various Romaine-based store-made and Signature Café brand salads with Best Before dates of July 14 and 15, because the salads may contain one of the Fresh Express Romaine-based salads. Safeway's recall applied to the following salads, which were made and sold at Safeway stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Brand

Product

Size

UPC

None

Garden Salad

300 g

214735

None

Busy Chef Salad

Various

214516

None

Chicken Caesar Salad

Various

219393

None

Greek Salad

Various

210585

Signature Café

Asian Chicken Salad

369 g

0 58200 13080 5

Signature Café

Chicken Caesar Salad

354 g

0 58200 13086 7

Signature Café

Cobb Salad

457 g

0 58200 13082 9

Signature Café

Seafood Salad

440 g

0 58200 13107 9

Signature Café

Santa Fe Salad

499 g

0 58200 13084 3

Signature Café

Buffalo Chicken Side Salad

255 g

0 58200 13098 0

Signature Café

Caesar Side Salad

140 g

0 58200 13103 1

Signature Café

Garden Fresh Side Salad

170 g

0 58200 13105 5

Signature Café

Spicy Thai Chicken Side Salad

200 g

0 58200 13096 6

This article will be updated as additional retail distribution information becomes available. If you know of a retailer who sold one or more of the recalled salads and who is not yet included in this list, please post a comment, below or email me directly.

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2 comments:

Thanks Phyllis for psthe posting complete information in as far as the producer/FDA will provide. Great blog, just discovered when looking into the romaine lettuce recall. Keep up the good work.Steve in Wellington FL